"Romney: The Wimp Factor" Did What Obama Has Failed To Do

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has outraged Palestinian leaders after declaring that Israeli culture allowed it to be more economically successful.

"As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about 21,000 dollars, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like 10,000 dollars per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality," he said in Jerusalem.

The reaction of Palestinian leaders was swift and pointed[...]

It is a racist statement and this man doesn't realise that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation," said Saeb Erekat, a senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[More...]

PA must be worried America's money sieve to them may dry up, as it should, if Romney is elected. Abbas has refused to recognize Israel and yet, against Congress, Obama has upped payments of our hard earned tax dollars to them.